Surah Al-Alaq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 96:1

   ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ﴿١﴾

   iqraˈ bi-smi rabbika llaḏī ḫalaqa

   Read in the Name of your Lord who created;

2. 96:2

   خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ﴿٢﴾

   ḫalaqa l-ˈinsāna min ʿalaqin-i

   created man from a clinging mass.

3. 96:3

   ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ﴿٣﴾

   iqraˈ wa-rabbuka l-ˈakramu

   Read, and your Lord is the most generous,

4. 96:4

   ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ﴿٤﴾

   allaḏī ʿallama bi-l-qalami

   who taught by the pen,

5. 96:5

   عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ﴿٥﴾

   ʿallama l-ˈinsāna mā lam yaʿlam

   taught man what he did not know.

6. 96:6

   كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ﴿٦﴾

   kallā ˈinna l-ˈinsāna la-yaṭġā

   Indeed man becomes rebellious

7. 96:7

   أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ﴿٧﴾

   ˈan raˈāhu staġnā

   when he considers himself without need.

8. 96:8

   إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ﴿٨﴾

   ˈinna ˈilā rabbika r-ruǧʿā

   Indeed to your Lord is the return.

9. 96:9

   أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ﴿٩﴾

   ˈa-raˈayta llaḏī yanhā

   Tell me, he who forbids

10. 96:10

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ﴿١٠﴾

    ʿabdan ˈiḏā ṣallā

    a servant when he prays,

11. 96:11

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ﴿١١﴾

    ˈa-raˈayta ˈin kāna ʿalā l-hudā

    tell me, should he be on [true] guidance,

12. 96:12

    أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ﴿١٢﴾

    ˈaw ˈamara bi-t-taqwā

    or bid [others] to Godwariness,

13. 96:13

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ﴿١٣﴾

    ˈa-raˈayta ˈin kaḏḏaba wa-tawallā

    tell me, should he call him a liar and turn away

14. 96:14

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ﴿١٤﴾

    ˈa-lam yaʿlam bi-ˈanna llāha yarā

    —does he not know that Allah sees [him]?

15. 96:15

    كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ﴿١٥﴾

    kallā la-ˈin lam yantahi la-nasfaʿan bi-n-nāṣiyati

    No indeed! If he does not cease, We shall seize him by the forelock,

16. 96:16

    نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ﴿١٦﴾

    nāṣiyatin kāḏibatin ḫāṭiˈatin

    a lying, sinful forelock!

17. 96:17

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ﴿١٧﴾

    fa-l-yadʿu nādiyahū

    Then let him call out his gang!

18. 96:18

    سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ﴿١٨﴾

    sa-nadʿu z-zabāniyata

    We [too] shall call the keepers of hell.

19. 96:19Sajdah

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩﴿١٩﴾

    kallā lā tuṭiʿhu wa-sǧud wa-qtarib

    No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near [to Allah]!